Easy Grilled Chicken Strips

Quick and easy grilled chicken strips the whole family will love. A lot of people have a problem with grilling a skinless boneless chicken breast. They make hockey pucks. Their issue is by the time they get the center done to the point it won’t make them sick, the outside and edges are overcooked.

My suggestion to you is to cut it up and make it more uniform and predictable. Then a quick marinade, an easy, quick grilling and you’re there.

Over medium-high heat in a medium to large saucepan add 6 T butter (3/4 stick), 6 T lemon juice, 2 T minced garlic (about 6-8 cloves), 2 T Seasoning salt (Lowey’s) and 1/2 t black pepper. Simmer for 2-3 minutes then remove from heat and allow to cool for a few minutes while you work on the chicken.

Trim, dry and cut about 2 pounds (about three normal size breasts) of the skinless boneless chicken breast into strips. You could use chicken tenders instead.

Now that the butter has cooled some add the chicken and mix well. Do not add the chicken when the butter is very hot, and you are cooking on the grill, not in the pan.

Now one of the most important parts. CLEAN AND OIL the grill. Otherwise, you will be fighting the sticking.

Place the strips on the grill and flip every 2-3 minutes until internal temp of 165. This is about 8-10 minutes total.

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Instructions

Preheat grill to medium high. ( grill temp of 350 to 375).

Over medium-high heat in a medium to large saucepan add 6 T butter (3/4 stick), 6 T lemon juice, 2 T minced garlic (about 6-8 cloves), 2 T Seasoning salt (Lowey’s) and 1/2 t black pepper. Simmer for 2-3 minutes then remove from heat and allow to cool for a few minutes while you work on the chicken.

Trim, dry and cut about 2 pounds (about three normal size breasts) of skinless boneless chicken breast into strips. You could use chicken tenders instead.

Now that the butter has cooled some add the chicken and mix well. Do not add the chicken when the butter is very hot, and you are cooking on the grill, not in the pan.

Now one of the most important parts. CLEAN AND OIL the grill. Otherwise, you will be fighting the sticking.

Place the strips on the grill and flip every 2-3 minutes until internal temp of 165. This is about 8-10 minutes total.

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Nutrition Facts

Easy Grilled Chicken Strips

Amount Per Serving

Calories 248Calories from Fat 117

% Daily Value*

Fat 13g20%

Saturated Fat 8g40%

Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5g

Monounsaturated Fat 3g

Cholesterol 127mg42%

Sodium 1665mg69%

Potassium 25mg1%

Carbohydrates 5g2%

Fiber 0.2g1%

Sugar 0.1g0%

Protein 33g66%

Vitamin A 350IU7%

Vitamin C 3.3mg4%

Calcium 10mg1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Nutrition is for one serving. Number of servings is stated above and is my estimate of normal serving size for this recipe.

All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.

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Comments

Grandmagail

July 14, 2018 at 6:57 pm

Perfect grilling instructions! I took the easy route and used a bottled marinade but the grilling time was perfect! My hubby thanks you for sparing him the dry, rubbery meat I usually end up with after I over cook the chicken!

Dan you have just inspired me. When you said “you are cooking on the grill not in the butter”, it made me think of butter poaching chicken to maybe 140f internal and then nailing it over a hot grill to finish. Hmmmmm wheels a turnin’.